IoT—Let’s Code Like It’s 1999!

Everyone is drawn to the cool new ways to connect devices to the Internet and make life easier—and a little more futuristic. But, do you know that IoT has been around since the past century? Theresa Lanowitz is one of the early advocates of what is now IoT and is thrilled that the pace of acceptance is accelerating—rapidly. This level of acceptance and understanding of IoT was not always the case. Theresa shares the early ideas, vision, and concepts of the Sun Jini project, the pre-cursor to IoT, and offers advice for developers and testers on how to succeed with IoT. Whether you are part of the industrial, consumer, or enterprise IoT, you face challenges of how to ensure your software is fast enough, safe enough, and secure enough to deliver the desired outcome. Uncover the artifacts from 1999 and discover why 2017 is the year that IoT becomes more science than fiction.

Founder of voke, inc. Theresa Lanowitz is recognized worldwide as a relentless advocate for software quality, a strategic thinker, and influencer in software lifecycle and its transformation including testing, virtualization, cloud computing, cyber security, embedded systems, IoT, release management, and mobile software. A champion of emerging technology, Theresa initiated coverage on lifecycle virtualization and service virtualization. Previously, she held positions at McDonnell Douglas as a developer on the C-17 transport plane; Sun Microsystems in the strategic marketing of the Jini project; and Borland Software, Mercury, Compuware, and Gartner. Theresa is an internationally recognized speaker and author of the popular IT Superhero Series.